Paying for plum pox eradication

Just talked to a few people about plum pox eradication costs. It seems the state of New York has argued for a 50 meter buffer zone for infected trees and the USDA has insisted on a 500 meter buffer. One grower said that Ontario's weak plum pox eradication program - at least it has been considered weak until now - has not convinced New York growers they can stave off the plum pox virus based on their own efforts alone. What's more, the 500 meter buffer zone will slash output of affected producers. In one instance, a 500 meter buffer would mean three growers of stone fruit would have to destroy trees - even though only one of them had an infected tree.

Meanwhile, in Michigan, the Michigan State University Southwest Michigan research station is hard hit, with the 500 meter buffer zone taking out all of its stone fruit acreage and years of research work on that farm.